Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board · NHS body
- Supplier
- Enhanced Care Services Ltd SME
- Value
- £1,004,640
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Ambulance services (CPV 85143000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 022261-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Feb 2026
- Published12 Mar 2026Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
The services to be provided for under this contract are for Urgent Patient Transport. We are intending to award a contract to an existing provider, following the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Direct Award Process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £1,004,640. The contract term runs from 29 April 2026 until 28 April 2028.
About the supplier
Enhanced Care Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09717413).